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Ch. 601
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2000 LAWS OF MARYLAND
[Benefit Assessments]
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SUBTITLE 2. BENEFIT ASSESSMENTS.
[14-5.] 10-201. Construction and improvement; benefit assessments.
The County Commissioners of Carroll County are [hereby] authorized to
construct and improve roads and drainage incident to [said] THE construction or
improvement on or along private roads, after the approval of a petition of the majority
of the property owners whose property abuts on the road to be constructed or
improved requesting that [said] THE roads be taken into the county roads system. In
the exercise of the powers granted by this section, the County Commissioners may by
proper ordinance, passed in accordance with the provisions of Section 3 of Article 25 of
the Annotated Code of Maryland [(1957 Edition, as amended)), adopt all necessary
rules and conditions for the acceptance, construction, and maintenance of [such] THE
roads and/or other authorized improvements by the county. [Such] THE ordinance
may also provide for annual benefit assessments to be levied against the abutting
properties for the purpose of reimbursing the county for the cost of [such] THE
improvements and the time and manner of payment, but not to exceed ten years.
Annual benefit assessments shall be a first lien upon the property against which they
are assessed, until paid, subject only to prior State and county taxes, and if any
property be sold for State and county taxes, and there remains a surplus, then the
County Commissioners may upon petition to the Circuit Court be allowed the
payment of [their] THE ANNUAL ASSESSMENTS lien.
[14-6.] 10-202. Record of benefit assessments; liens.
For the purpose of giving notice to the general public as to existing liens and
charges against any property for benefit assessments, the County Commissioners
shall keep a public record of all names of property owners and the locations of [said]
THE property, and the amount of [said] THE benefit charges among the Land Records
of Carroll County under the supervision of the Clerk of the Circuit Court, and the
recordation with [said] THE Clerk of [said] THE benefit assessments shall be legal
notice of [such] THE liens.
[14-7.] 10-203. Certification of benefit assessments.
The County Commissioners shall, before July 1, of each year, certify [its] THE
benefit assessments [hereunder] UNDER THIS SUBTITLE to the Collector of State and
County taxes for Carroll County for collection from the property owners affected, and
[said] THE Collector shall add [said] THE benefit assessments to the State and
county property tax bills for collection each year, subject to discount and interest
allowances or charges for Carroll County taxes on real property [and upon]. ON THE
failure of payment of benefit assessments, [they] THE BENEFIT ASSESSMENTS may
be deducted from any surplus in the hands of the Treasurer after a sale for
nonpayment of State and county property taxes under proper order of the Circuit
Court. In the alternative, the lien created in favor of the annual benefit assessments
may be enforced by bill in equity or by action in personam.
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